noun:

• thing; object; article; stuff; substance
• one's things; possessions; property; belongings - as 〜のもの, 〜のもん
• things; something; anything; everything; nothing
• quality
• reason; the way of things
• used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen - formal noun often used as 〜ものだ - usually written using kana alone

suffix noun:

• item classified as ...; item related to ...; work of ...
• cause of ...; cause for ...

prefix:

• somehow; somewhat; for some reason ［もの］ ➜ 物寂しい【ものさびしい】
• really; truly ［もの］ ➜ 物珍しい【ものめずらしい】

~と adverb / adverb:

• lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore) - onomatopoeia
• steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching) - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough - often used adverbially as ひたひたに - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adverb:

• speedily; promptly; quickly; smoothly - onomatopoeia - archaism
• closely; exactly - onomatopoeia - archaism

noun:

• meeting or association of stable masters belonging to the same grouping - Sumo term
• meeting or association of followers of a famous performer (in rakugo, etc.)

noun:

• paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)

noun:

• post-coital clarity; period after orgasm when a man is free from sexual desire and can think clearly - slang - humorous term

noun:

• post-coital clarity; period after orgasm when a man is free from sexual desire and can think clearly - slang - humorous term

noun:

• winds and clouds; nature; the elements
• situation; state of affairs

noun:

• Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)

noun:

• the nature of plants to grow down and root; geotropism

noun:

• hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society - four character idiom

noun:

• useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts

noun:

• director (of the ritsuryo-period Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office) ➜ 弾正台

noun:

• Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)

noun:

• dish of raw fish and vegetables seasoned in vinegar - Food term

suffix:

• honorific added to names of makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers - honorific language - abbreviation - Sumo term ➜ 関取

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• memories of the past events (being, becoming) far and distant - archaism - four character idiom ➜ 往事茫々

noun:

• disparity (of income, pensions, etc.) between public and private employees - four character idiom

noun:

• ancient inscriptions of Chinese characters on oracle bones and carapaces - four character idiom ➜ 亀甲獣骨文字

noun:

• Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT - abbreviation ➜ 文部科学省

noun:

• word-hunting; search for and censorship of politically incorrect words

noun:

• center of the Garbhadhatu mandala (containing Mahavairocana and eight Buddhas) - obscure term

noun:

• Hadith; tradition related to the words and deeds of Muhammad - From Arabic "hadit"

expression:

• red lips and pearly white teeth (said of beautiful women) - four character idiom

expression:

• mixture of fact and fiction; half-truths

noun:

• the four stages of existence: birth, life, death, and limbo - Buddhism term